HALT

There are about a million great sayings in AA and one of them is HALT. They tell you never to get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. Thus HALT. All four of those things can lead us back to a drink. And at this point in my sobriety I will do anything almost not to drink. So I try to watch out for these things. The hungry part I am just learning to drink coffee or water or something ...anything besides alcohol. Turns out that when we feel hungry sometimes we are really just thirsty so drinking some coffee or tea cant hurt. And boy am I an expert now on great non-alcoholic things to drink. I brew teas all the time and mix cranberry juice with lime and seltzer and even have my own seltzer making machine. I should probably get a blender too. It is a hot summer and some frozen blended strawberries sound great. with lots of ice. And I am learning that protein helps too to fight off hunger and not gain weight. Of course when I first got sober they